Learning & training

Number of over-50s out of work almost doubles

Support for over-50s to retrain or gain a new qualification is needed to reduce long-term unemployment, a report has said,...

A new focus on SMEs and younger people who are disadvantaged could lead to an improved demand-led system, says influential think-tank.

Healthcare employers will be able to take on up to 8,000 nursing degree apprentices over the next four years.

Occupational health practitioners are trained to be “the expert in the room” when it comes to workplace health and often...

Managing people remotely for any length of time puts the onus on leaders to learn a new set of tools.

Flexible working, education and health and wellbeing are at the forefront of the new NHS People Plan, which the government...

Royal Mail and Angard lose their appeal over definition of agency workers and the employment rights the group is entitled to.

Teams of field sales people have had to adapt quickly to running meetings and chasing leads virtually rather than in...

Government announces CJRS "bonus", kick-start scheme for 16 to 24-year-olds and other initiatives to boost jobs...

The chancellor is due to announce a £2bn “kickstart jobs scheme” today in the hope it will stem youth unemployment...

One in five organisations do not train their managers in health and safety, despite the view that they are often...

Employers in England will be given £1,000 for each work experience placement.

Measures need to be urgently implemented to avoid mass youth unemployment, and should include employers being incentivised...